Parliament on Tuesday ( 30 November) quashed the earlier rejection of the 2022 Budget and voted to approve the 2022 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of government.
The First Deputy Speaker, Joseph Osei-Owusu, who presided over the sitting, says the decision taken by the House last Friday in rejecting the 2022 Budget was not valid, because it did not satisfy the Standing Orders provision which mandates one half of members to be present to take such decisions.
The First Deputy Speaker explained that his presence in the chamber brought the total number to 138: enough to take a decision because he is also a sitting Member of Parliament.
The decision has since sparked a heated debate as to wether what the Majority did was legal. So did the Majority err or not?
Senior Law Lecturer and head of law centres at the Faculty of Law, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) who doubles as host of “The Forum” on Asaase Radio (99.5 MHz), Dr. Kwaku Agyeman-Budu been sharing his perspective.
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